Need to buy a used car soon? Carfax is urging customers to take caution when buying a used car over the next six months, especially if the vehicle came from down south.

Any used car or truck you look at for the next year might have been floating in hurricane floodwaters a few weeks ago. Here's how to tell.

There were about 138,000 vehicles damaged by Hurricane Helene across six states, according to Carfax estimates -- many of them will show up on the used car market.